In a compelling novel that takes the reader on a strange journey from Indochina to Paris, the Vietnamese cook for Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas reveals his own fascinating story-Paris, 1934. Binh has accompanied his employers to the station for their departure to America. His own destination is[...]
Considering whether he will accompany his employers, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, to America, a personal cook remembers his youth in French-colonial Vietnam, his years as a galley hand at sea, and his days cooking for the doyennes of the Lost Generation. Reader's Guide available. Reprint.[...]
Paris i 1930-årene: Når det legendariske kunstnerparet Gertrude Stein og Alice B. Toklas avholder sine berømte teselskaper, er det eksil-vietnameseren Bình som står for serveringen. Men i Monique Truongs vakre og sanselige debutroman er han først og fremst iakttakeren som utforsker det eksentr[...]